UPDATE: #FeesMustFall protest escalates at UJ

JOHANNESBURG - Police use pepper spray to disperse the crowd of protesting students.

 NEWS JUST IN: 

Police presence has now heightened at UJ.

Law enforcement officials are geared in helmets and bulletproof vests.

https://twitter.com/msPhashe_Phly/status/780798607503024132

EARLIER:

In the latest developments of the #FeesMustFall protest at the University of Johannesburg campus, students had to flee to safety following a scuffle between protesters and security.

Security officials fired teargas canisters at the crowd of protesting students.

No injuries have been reported yet.

https://twitter.com/msPhashe_Phly/status/780749027868631040

University of Johannesburg SRC have said they will not halt in protest until the campus is shut down.

https://twitter.com/msPhashe_Phly/status/780761296564285440

NEWS JUST IN: 

UJ SRC has announced that the disgruntled #FeesMustFall protesting students intend to barricade the M1 tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/msPhashe_Phly/status/780761296564285440

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